Improvement in fruit-gatherers



P. CONVER.

Improvement in Fruit Gatherers.

N0. 124,334, Patented March5,1872

UNITED. STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

PETER GONVER, OF FARMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUlT-GATHERERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 24,33 1, dated March5, 1872.

Specification describing certain' Improvements in Metallic Sockets forFruit-Pickers, invented by PETER CONVER, of Farmington, in the county ofFulton and State of Illinois.

My invention consists in a head on the end of the neck of the socket, soconstructed that the utensil can be firmly and very readily fastened onby passing the ends of the Wires through the notches or slots andWinding them round the neck of the socket down to the collar on the neckof the socket and hammering the corners down on the wires in thenotches.

Figure 1 represents the socket or a section of the socket with the headand the Wires fastened as stated. Fig. 2 is or represents a section ofthe socket Without the fastening.

a is a collar on the neck of the socket to rest the coil of the wireupon and to hold it firmly in its place. bis the neck of the socket. cis the head of the socket; d d, the notches or slots through which thewires are passed and made fast; 0 e e e, the corners hammered down ontothe wires.

I make no claim to the construction of the socket or size or materialthereof. In these respects they should be constructed, like all othersockets, to suit the purpose for which used; but

I claim as my invention-- The head 0 with the notches d d and collar a,substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

PETER OONVER.

IVitnesses:

Gno. STnTsoN, Gno. H. LITTLEWOOD.

